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Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Egyptian Art332–30 B.C.

Artwork Details

Title	Column Capital in the form of a Bes-image
Medium	Limestone
Dimensions	h. 39.5 cm (15 9/16 in); w. 52 cm (20 1/2 in); d. 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in)
Department	Egyptian Art
Date	332–30 B.C.
Credit Line	Rogers Fund, 1923
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Period	Ptolemaic Period
Date Range	332 BC – 30 BC

Provenance

Region	Eastern Delta
Country	Egypt

Other works from the Ptolemaic Period period

332–30 B.C.Offering Table of Tjaenhesret, priest of Thoth, son of Iaa

285/82–246 B.C.Coin of Ptolemy II from a Ptolemaic hoard

332–30 B.C.Bell in the form of Bes

332–30 B.C.Lotus shaped terminal for collar

332–30 B.C.Intaglio with head of Serapis (?)

332–250 B.C.Mummy of Irtirutja

664–30 B.C.Rhinoceros beetle box

332–30 BCMourning Nephthys

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 551897